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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






2. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






3. What is the function of vitamin E?






4. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






5. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






6. Where can you get more vitamin D?






7. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






8. Sources of fats






9. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






10. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






11. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






12. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






13. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






14. What type of people need extra protein?






15. Name six sources of grains






16. What does DASH stand for?






17. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






18. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






19. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






20. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






21. Fats can lead to some medical problems






22. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






23. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






24. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






25. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






26. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






27. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






28. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






29. How many calories/gram is protein?






30. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






31. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






32. What are healthy sources of fats?






33. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






34. What is RDA of protein?






35. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






36. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






37. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






38. What is the function of vitamin C?






39. What is normal BMI?






40. What foods have high quality protein?






41. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






42. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






43. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






44. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






45. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






46. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






47. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






48. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






49. What function is vitamin D?






50. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?